DI deals and steals.

RANDALL milk glass bowl - $1
white platter - $2
letter Z - $0.75

                   

purse - $4

                   

                 
hardback books:
The Secret Garden - $2
The Tale of Desperaux - $2
Black Beauty - $1
LDS Piano Hymnbook - $3

toys:
car bridge - $0.50
toy laptop - $3
car playset - $0.75

Felt Food and D.I. transformations...

As Christmas was approaching I regularly scoped out deals at the D.I. and found some steals!!!!

20 dinosaurs for $1.00!!!!


Since I was going for a retro kitchen look I found some great things to use as is or transform with my new best friend, spray paint!!! I spray-painted the brownie pan (perfect small size) and the muffin tin both red.

I also spray-painted this little pie plate red (cherry pie still in progress) and I found these cute salt & pepper shakers and spray-painted them brown and then added some foam letters to them.

I also found THREE of these adorable little wooden milk bottles! This is EXACTLY what I had been wanting to find for months and they were there! I spray painted them white and then painted and mod-podged some clip-art onto them....



... and presto-chang-o!!!! Milk, Chocolate milk and OJ!!!!!



Here's all of the felt food that I've been busy making....

Strawberries

(in a cute antique tin that my mom found at an antique shop)

Orange wedges

Banana

(re-movable from the peel!!!)

Bacon and Eggs:

Sandwich and all of the fixin's

(a side of potato chips)

Hamburger with all the fixin's

Pizza

For the sweeth tooth...

Cupcakes!!!

I thought the cupcake tin came out adorable spray-painted!!!

Gingerbread Men & Cookie Dough

(My mom found the rolling pin at an antique shop, I found the cookie cutter at D.I.)

(I also found this cute red and white checked placemat, set of 2 at D.I.!!!)

Decorated Gingerbread boys (and girls)

The Play Kitchen:

I found this mini colander at Macy's one-day sale for only $5!!!


I found this cowboy coffee pot at a local consignment store also on sale for only $5!!! (These rare finds are usually well over $20)

Dolly Bed:

I re-vamped my little dolly bed that I had since I was a few years old by spray-painting it dark brown (to match the kid's bunk bed) and making some coordinating "cowgirl" bedding. I still need to make a cow-print pillow and add some fringe to the denim pillow...